Summary

Chapter 1

Sofia reveals that she has dropped and her laptop, which has busted the screen. She reveals that the broken laptop is reflective of how she is also broken. From her current location in Spain, she is unable to get the screen repaired. While in the ocean, she suffers a jellyfish sting and is filling out paperwork in the observation hut. She is asked her name, age, country of origin, and occupation. The last item on the list is disconcerting for her. Prior to coming to Spain, she was working in a coffee shop, having abandoned her doctorate studies in anthropology. The student working in the hut speaks to her in Greek because of her last name: Papastergiadis, but Sofia does not speak Greek. She explains that she is in Spain with her mother. Rose, who is getting medical treatment for an undiagnosed...